[Droid 2 Android Development] heXacode:
So, I've got a lot to say and will try to be as thorough as possible. I will answer questions if needed to know certain issues of mine better. I'm sure I'll probably forget a couple things but will say what's going on to the best of my ability.

I'd like to say I am in a real bind and my folders are a complete mess with WAY too many tools and I don't think I need them all. But these are tools that were suggested to me or in a link containing several more tools. I am no longer going to edit APK files or do anything else till my issues are resolved and I've been given the best suggested tools that are CURRENT (please no outdated stuff). I can provide links to most of the tools or suggestions that were given to me if needed. I've bookmarked every link.

I don't know who is going to see and read this but really do hope someone can work with me on fixing up my issues I'm having with all this. Also, if this thread has responses from whomever, could you also tell me where each folders should go and what needs to have its' own folder?

Here is my current set-up:

2 folders on C:\ directory (contains: android-sdk-windows and Android folders and separate)

In android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder it contains:

lib (folder)

llvm-rs-cc.exe

source.properties

aapt.eve

adb.exe

AdbWinApi.dll

AdbWinUsbApi.dll

aidl.exe

dexdump.exe

dx.bat

NOTICE.txt

finishedpngs (folder)

framework (folder)

SystemAppsOriginal (folder containing my original /system/app APKs from Droid 2)

projects (folder containing nothing yet but placing specific APK(s) here)

eclipse (folder)

Eclipse Workspace (folder belonging to eclipse program)

SDK (folder containing another SDK just like android-sdk-windows, don't know why I have this now)

NotePad ++ (folder)

Update Modifier (folder)

PNG Gauntlet (folder)

XMLEditing (folder when I get to editing XMLs I'll place it here for work)

xUltimate Draw9Patch (folder)

xUltimate Theme Optimizer x64 (folder)

xUltimate (folder)

xUltimate Color Converter (folder)

APK Manager (folder)

These are all on my laptop on the c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder. The reason I put them all in there is because some of them are requiring adb.exe and those 2 DLL files to be able to function on but it's not working like that. So, what I did was copy adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and AdbWinUsbApi.dll into the APK Manager and Update Modifier folders so the Script.bat would work. Now I don't know if that was a good idea or not. It worked on making them operate but I'm getting errors in the APK Manager when I need to compile stuff, or adb push back to phone. It's not working correctly.

In Android folder:

PSPad (folder containing the program to read and supposedly edit XMLs)

RSDLite (goes with SBF)

SBF (contains the zip to restore my Droid 2 back to stock)

The rest are misc. stuff that's just screenshots and stuff not associated with my issues

Only success I have been able to do was run Command Prompt and do adb pull and adb push which runs through the adb.exe in the android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder.

I had to boot into recovery via Clockwork bootstrap, unmount system and then do the adb push on one of my APK when I was finished editing just PNG image files. No .9.png image files. I hear you need APK Manager to take care of issues with that due to boundaries and chunks being lost or messed up.

I have tried several different methods. Only success was finally doing adb pull and adb push through android-sdk-windows tool but that took me ALL weekend. I'm not talking 3 or 4 hours. I'm talking from 9am to noon, lunch break, then till 3am in the morning and then repeat on Sunday morning till 2am. I DO NOT want to go through that again yet I'm still trying to sort through all this mess and eliminate tools and such and get the right things and MAKE them work according to how they are suppose to function.

I don't know if all those extra tools are suppose to be in the platform-tools or not. I don't know what else to do here. Like I said, I went through several methods but most are applied to what the dev has like for G1's and other phones. My phone is the Motorola Droid 2 A955 build.

I was able to successfully push Music.apk back to the phone and see the changes I made. I was happy. All I did was just change the colors in the PNG image files. I really want to do more than this. Even to .9.png image files, XMLs, smali and baksmali and all that and eventually get onto creating my own theme.

Also, I do have the latest version of Java. I have entered my environment variables. Check here to see what I did:

Under System variables:

Variable Name: adb

Variable Value: c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

Variable Name: Path

Variable Value: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;

My laptop build: Dell Inspiron 1525 with Windows Vista 32 bit x86

I have 3 threads at the DroidForums site but I had to edit this thread because I can't post outside links till I've posted more than 8 times. I've been a member here for a couple months, just haven't really posted much. I do more reading and researching here on the XDA forum rather than posting, which is what I've been doing for the last 3 days. If you need links to see my more thorough issues then I can provide links by PMing you with them.

Bottom line: All I'm asking is someone who knows my issues to work with me getting this mess sorted out and placing the folders in right places, getting adb to work with multiple scripts that rely on the adb.exe and those 2 dll's, and pointing me to the right direction so I can get out of the woods finally.

Sorry this is long but people understand more when things are laid out more thoroughly, which lacks in a lot of these threads explaining instructions and resolving issues.